Golden Fishing Village

It was getting late, time to cook.

Ao Zhibing saw Ao Muyang walking towards the kitchen, so he pushed everyone aside and walked out and said, "Dragon Head, the dishes are almost ready, you just need to get a yellow croaker, this fish is very precious now, I was afraid that I would not do it well, so I didn't mess around with it."

Wang Xia smiled and said, "Knowing that so many of you came to the fishery, the old man was very busy. He took out the salt alum jellyfish he just made, and the three abalones and herrings, and made a bucket for you."

Ao Mudong asked happily, "Oh, there are three abalones and herrings? Damn, this is a good thing, add some minced meat and steam it, it's delicious!"

There are many fish coming to the fishery in spring, and some fish have no breeding value. The old man and Zhong Cang will find a way to catch them to prevent them from bringing in bacteria, viruses and parasites.

At the beginning of last month, they caught some croakers. This fish is also quite common in Hongyang Bay. From April to June every year, it migrates from the wintering grounds to the shallow sea estuaries with lower salt bottoms to reproduce.

The meat of this fish is very delicious. It can be eaten fresh or dried. Both are good things. There is a local method called three-balone croaker, which is more complicated to make. Not many people in the village have made it in recent years.

Three-balone croakers are pickled. Before making it, you have to use a thin bamboo stick to penetrate the fish belly and soak it in the brine. This is called the first abalone.

After pickling for a period of time, take the fish out and stuff salt into the fish belly. Then rub salt on the fish and put it in a bucket and press it with stones to pickle it, just like pickling pickles.

After three or four days of pickling, turn the fish out of the bucket, sprinkle salt and press it again. This time it has to be pressed for a long time, preferably half a year, and then the three-balone croaker comes out.

After long-term pickling, the nutrients in the herring meat are decomposed and become easier to absorb. At this time, there is a saying that one fish is worth three abalones.

The fish made by Ao Zhibing was only pickled for a month. It’s a pity to eat it now, but the old man doesn’t care. At his age, he just wants to have fun no matter what he does.

The small kitchen is full of plates and bowls, which are not enough, but there are enough bedding and food on the boat, and there are also several folding dining tables. When the time comes, a tent will be pulled in front of the house, and everyone can eat inside.

Chef Ao Muyang, someone helps him, and Ao Zhibing has been preparing for an afternoon, so although there are many people and a lot of food, Lao Ao still doesn’t need to work for a long time. He just needs to make a few more dishes.

Among them, he brought enough carbon stoves and copper pots, so that he can prepare a pot base and put it in to eat hot pot, which is convenient and delicious.

A large group of people gathered together for dinner. There were several pots on the table that were steaming and emitting fragrance. Beef, mutton, oysters, shrimps and fish were all around, and the ingredients were fresh.

The more people there were, the more lively the meal was. After the meal started, the atmosphere was quickly formed, especially for the fishermen who had been struggling underwater for so long. In order to warm up their bodies, Ao Muyang brought white wine over. After a glass of wine, everyone let go.

Ao Muyang asked Lu Hu, "Brother Hu, how many fish did you catch today?"

Lu Hu said with a beaming face, "It's definitely a bumper harvest, 568. We'll work for another morning tomorrow, and we can go back in the afternoon."

Wild yellow croaker is a top-level ingredient. With Lu Hu's brand, it's normal for a fish to sell for 10,000 or 20,000 yuan.

Because the platform is facing ordinary consumers, the price of 10,000 or 20,000 yuan per fish is quite exaggerated, so Lu Hu set a sales target of 1,000 yellow croakers this year, and he just needs to sell these fish.

In addition to catching large yellow croaker, Ao Muyang plans to catch some turbot and sole tomorrow. These two fish have been in the fishery for a long time, and the population is already strong enough.

After this batch of fishing, he will not go out to produce during the entire fishing ban period. The big dragon head and the dragon head will be sent to Yan Qingcheng's blue boatman for maintenance. The dragon head has been sent there, and Yan Qingcheng will apply a layer of new boat paint on it.

After a lively harvest, they did not rush back in the afternoon of the same day. Lu Hu took the fish away in advance, and the fishermen in the village stayed on the island for another night. After resting enough, they left at noon on the 3rd.

After returning to the village, he arranged for Ao Daguo to take people to clean the fishing boat and send it to the blue boatman. In addition, there are some small fishing boats in the village. These fishing boats also need to be maintained during the fishing ban period, but they do not need to be sent to the blue boatman.

The maintenance of these small boats depends on the twisters, who are the doctors of the boats. They can check and repair the holes, cracks and deformations on the fishing boats.

This year, the weather is dry, and there is no rain in June. Even the air at the seaside is not humid, so Lao Ao wants to maintain all the boats in the village.

In the past two years, there are many more wooden boats in the village, and there are more than 50 floating on the Ambergris Lake alone.

Tourists like to take small wooden boats to travel on the lake and the sea, so the villagers seized this business opportunity and used all the old wooden boats. Then some people went to other villages to collect some old wooden boats.

The wooden boats in the village are all cleaned up and decorated outside. They are beautiful like flower boats, but there must be problems inside.

Starting from the end of last month, Ao Muyang asked the old clerk Ao Zhiming to contact the twisters and prepare to repair all the old wooden boats in the village in batches this month to avoid accidents in the future.

As a result, when he came back from fishing for yellow croaker, Ao Zhiming said to him in embarrassment: "Village chief, it's hard to find a twister now. There are not many people who can do this job. I used my connections to look for four masters after several days."

Ao Muyang asked in surprise: "There are so few twisters now?"

Ao Zhiming sighed and said, "It's not easy. How many families still use wooden boats now? You are a fisherman, you know how careful and hardworking the twister is. A fishing boat is several lives, and the twister has a heavy task on his shoulders. The responsibility is heavy and the hardship is high, but the income is low. Not many people do it anymore."

Ao Muyang nodded silently. Now many types of jobs in the fishing village have disappeared. Since he returned to the village, he has not heard of the twister.

In the history of fishing families, twisters were once a very popular job. Although it was tiring and the responsibility was great, it was a craft. At that time, every household had a wooden boat and relied on wooden boats to catch fish for food. Twisters not only had a lot of business, but were also respected.

Now, the situation has changed.

After receiving Ao Muyang's message, Ao Zhiming called the four twisters over.

Ao Muyang went to contact the four people and found that the youngest of them was 65 years old, and the oldest was 76!

Like doctors, the twisters are more popular as they get older, and this trade relies heavily on experience.

The four twisters all know each other. The oldest twister is called Chen Dongwa, and he became the leader of the twister group. He would contact Ao Muyang if there was anything.

At the first meeting, Ao Muyang did not let them work directly.

He knew that the twisters were all old smokers, so he specially prepared four packs of cigarettes. They were not good cigarettes, but Bailang produced locally in Hongyang, which cost 120 yuan a pack and were strong and durable.